de.enough.polish.util
Class TaskThread

java.lang.Object
  extended by java.lang.Thread
      extended by de.enough.polish.util.TaskThread
All Implemented Interfaces:
Runnable

public class TaskThread
extends Thread

Processes tasks asynchronously

Copyright Enough Software 2007 - 2010

Author:
Robert Virkus, j2mepolish@enough.de
See Also:
Task

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread
Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler
 
Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread
MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY
 
Method Summary
 void addTask(Task task)
          Adds a task that should be executed in a background thread.
static TaskThread getInstance()
          Retrieves the running instance of this thread.
 void run()
           
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread
activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

getInstance

public static TaskThread getInstance()
Retrieves the running instance of this thread.

Returns:
the running instance (singleton pattern)

addTask

public void addTask(Task task)
Adds a task that should be executed in a background thread.

Parameters:
task - the task

run

public void run()
Specified by:
run in interface Runnable
Overrides:
run in class Thread